Melvin Porter(melpor)

Melvin is an avid reader and a retired scientist (chemist) with 35 years of experience. Besides chemistry he also has an interest in math, medicine, astronomy, human genetics and the American civil war.

His goal on hubpages is to share his scientific knowledge and to explain scientific information to others in a non-scientific manner. Occasionally, he will write a few hubs on other topics besides science primarily to earn money. After all, that is his secondary goal for writing on Hubpages.

He is also an amateur artist and his art work was once critiqued while he was a teen by the late well-known, American artist Norman Rockwell.

He also enjoys cruising in the Caribbean during the summer with his family and on his own time he enjoys watching lots of science fiction movies, namely, The Matrix, The Time Machine, Star Wars, just to name a few.

A compilation of interesting, numerical facts about planet Earth in one place. Facts such as the speed of the earth's rotation, it speed as it orbits the Sun, hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded, and much more.

Michael Faraday is called the father of electricity because of his significant contribution to the study of the physical and chemical properties of electricity. This biography goes into the detail of his life as chemist at the Royal Institution in England.

A glucose meter or glucometer makes it possible for someone with diabetes to check and maintain their blood glucose while on the go or right in their home. What happens when blood is placed on the glucose blood test strip to determine the level of glucose in the blood?

Speeding, do you really save any time when you go a few miles over the posted speed limits on the highways. The answer will surprise you when you look at it mathematically unless you are driving a lot further than 100 miles.

The world’s human population just recently surpassed the 7 billion mark and is still growing, albeit rather slowly to the next billion mark. What are the consequences future population will face while the world slowly shrinks and space becomes more limited.

In this article, you will find a comparison of the Sun's size with the largest stars in the Milky Way. You will really be surprised how big some of these stars are with respect to the Sun or how small the Sun is to them.

When viewed with scientific facts and evidence gathered over the last few decades many scientists now believe we are probably alone in the universe for all practical purposes. Here we are taking about intelligence life capable of conscious, independent thought with the ability to communicate...

For fifty years the tobacco industry have known that cigarettes contain a dangerous isotope called Polonium 210. Knowing this fact the industry could have easily removed it but they did nothing and allow it to remain in the cigarettes exposing millions of smokers to this deadly radioactive material.

The opossum is a rather strange animal considering the fact that it is a marsupial in North American. It is the only one of it kind there. Why and how did it end up being the sole marsupial there while the others are in Australia.

From a biological and chemical perspective water is a very important ingredient for life to exist on Earth because of its unique properties. Most likely if there are life else where in the universe water is probably the main component that make its possible for life to exist out there. There is no...

The Crystal Caves in Mexico are most usually caves in the world. These are the hottest caves and contain some of the largest crystal formation of any cave in the world. Unfortunately, these beautiful caves will disappear soon.

Drilling for oil is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive process. In the years to come this process will not get any easier because most of the oil drilling is now done in deep waters. In the long run the price of oil will continue to increase because the dwindling supply of oil in the ground.

Horses played a critical role during the American Civil War, especially for the generals sitting on them. Some generals had several favorite horses during war. A few of the key players such as Lee, Grant, and Sherman, are mentioned here with the names of their most popular horses.

Police officers and soldiers routinely use bulletproof vests today as added protection while on duty. This life saving garment has been around since the dawn of war. Believe it or not it was even used during the American Civil War.

A compilation of interesting, numerical facts about planet Earth in one place. Facts such as the speed of the earth's rotation, it speed as it orbits the Sun, hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded, and much more.

Native Americans made significant contributions during the American Civil War. There is one famous painting with a native American in the company of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses Grant during the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse .

Genocide is a blow to humanity at the lowest level when a group of people are treat like animals. That is they are treated less than humans because of their culture, religious beliefs, sexual preferences and even because they are of a different ethnic group. This article explains the events that...

Who were the laundresses of the American Civil War? Their job was to wash and clean the uniform of the soldiers during the battles. They traveled and went everywhere the soldiers fought during the war to do their job.

The Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, had the worst luck during the American Civil War. Bad luck took the lives of 32 soldiers during the development of the sub to its final demise on February 17, 1864 at the bottom of Charleston Harbor off the coast of South Carolina.

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